Galley for line-casting machines.



No. 884,022. 'PATENTED APR. 7, 1908. D. S. KENNEDY.

GALLEY FOR LINE CASTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.16. 1908.

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( "El/[44112127 ma No. 884,022. PATENTED APR. '7, 1908.

I D. s. KENNEDY. GALLBY FOR LINE CASTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16. 1908.

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e m aw To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known thatI, DAVID S. KENNEDY,-

I monly sold under the trade mar In the drawings',-

DAVID s. KENNEDY, or

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHALER LIN OTYPE GALLEYLFOR- -LINE-GASTING MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 7, 1908.

Application filed January 16, 1908. Serial No 411,109.

of borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York and useful Improvement in Galleys for Line- Casting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates galley for receiving the slugs from line-castmg machines of the Mergenthaler tipe, comeneral nited type, and represented as to their organization in Letters Patent of the States #557,000. r

-The aim is to provide a galley of extreme simplicity and without moving parts, in Wl'llCh the assembled slugs will be supported in plain view of the operator, and in such manner that they may be readily removed and inspected. To this end I provide a stationary guide to receive the slugs as they are ejected from the machine and deliver them downward with a turning motion endwiseinto an inclined galley at the front, in a manner hereinafter ex lained. igure 1 is a perspective view of the improved galley in operative position at the front of a commercial linotype; machine, together with the ejectorblade, which delivers slugs from the machine, and the lever for forcing the slugs laterally along the galley. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1, showing the mold and adjacent parts for delivering the from the machine, together with the slu galley in operative relation thereto. 3 and 4 are vertical sections on the lines 33, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one end of the alley proper detached from the supporting racket.

eferrin to Fig. slotted mo (1 in which ugs or linotypes are cast, this mold being mounted in an intermittingly rotating wheel B. Orepresents a horizontally. reciprocating ejector-blade, by which the slugs are driven successively out of the mold and between the parallel trimming knives D, D, to the galley at the front of the machine. E is a yielding plate to aid in guidin the outgoing slugs F which stand, during t eir delivery, in a vertical osition upon an underlying stationary surace e forming part of the mainframe.

The foregoing parts may all be constructed Figs.

2, A represents the the S1 have invented a new to an improved and arranged to operate in the ordinary manner.

Referring now to the subject-matter of my invention, G represents the galley proper, consisting of a fiat metal plate having an u turned flange alon its forward edge. This galley is sustained in front of the machine on two bracketsor supports H and I, secured to the machine and so arran edas to give the galley a downward inclination from the rear edge toward the front, and also'a longitudinal inclination downward toward the left, so that the slugs received endwise Lid thereon will be inclined downward endwise toward the front in order that they may be conveniently viewed by the operator, 1 and also inclined laterally toward the left in order .to prevent them from rebounding or falling over toward the ri ht into the ath of the incoming slugs. T rectly in front of the machine, or receivin end in line with but below the ejector-bla e C, and the upper end of the supporting-bracket H is contmued from the ga ey rearward and upward a slotted or channeled form, its upper vertical end stande galley is ocated di-,

with the right ing in position to receivea-ndguide the slugs as they are delivered by the ejector C.

At its upper the rear, sothat the slugs advancing before the ejector-blade may enter freely, but its bottom h is closed from the forward end of the slug-supporting surface e, and extends downward in a curved path toward the galle as plainly shown in of t Figs. 3 and 4. Each he outgoing slugs is advanced by the ejector into the upper end of the bracket, and from the supporting-surface e, in the manner shown in Fig. 3, until lower rear corner of the slug asses off from the surface e and onto the inc ined surface 72., whereupon, being no longer supported, the slug slides downward in the manner shown in Fig. 4, its lower surface riding upon and being moved forward by the finally the slug is received endwise into the galley, face upward. In order to avoid the possibility of the slug ti ping forward at the upper end, I mount in t of the bracket a fixed stop J in such that the upper end of the slu between it and the ejector-b ade, so that it will offer no resistance to the descent of the slug toward the galley. This stop may be surface it, untile upper slotted end end, the bracket is open on finally the 1 I pre er,

fixed imm ovably in position, provided it is carried to a sufficient depth to engage the shortest slugs, and provided the distance between it and the end of the advanced ejector- 5 blade is sufficient to allow the free escape of is'simp'ly a means for preventing its up er end from falling forward accidentally eyond the point to which it is advanced by the ejector. The tilting of the slug is effected not by throwing its upper end backward, but

by throwing its lower end forward, through the influence of the inclined supportingsurface,

I believe it to be wholly new to combine with the ejector which delivers the slugs, a

stationary stop to retain the upper end of a slug, and a sup orting-surface terminated in such position t at the lower end of the slug will be carried clear of the mold and delivered to an inclined surface over which it is free to passto the galley. As the successive slugs enter the galley, they are acted upon 4 and pushed sidewise by the vibratory lever L, corresponding to the so-called slug-lever of the commercial Mergenthaler machines. The upper end of this slug stands normally in a retracted position, and forms a continuation of the outer flange or guide wall of the bracket H. As each slug enters the galley,

it stands directly in front of this lever, by

which it is pushed laterally and added to the accumulated column, the column being at the same time advanced bodily to the left, so

that when the lever L is retracted, a space will exist between it and the end slug sufficient to permit the entrance of the next slug.

.Owing to the inclination of the galley down- 1 ward toward the left, and the consequent inclination of the slugs toward the left, they have little or no tendency to rebound sidewise, and' itis therefore unnecessary to use any supporting or retaining device to keep them in position and to prevent them from getting into the path of t e following slug.

' The galley proper may be varied in form provided only it is adapted to receive the slugs uided endwise thereto by the bracket.

however, to make the galley as shown, of a single sheet of metal, having the lower end turned upward to arrest and support the lower forward ends of the slugs. n

order to give additional rigidity and to prevent the accumulation of dust and dirt, I

refer to form an outward bend along the ower corner of the galley, as shown at g. In

the extreme upper ends of the class of devices, the incoming slugs strike endwise against the lower side of the galley with considerable force, and they are therefore liable to rebound and assume improper positions. To avoid this difficulty, I provide in the lower side of the galley, at the point where the slugs enter, a fixed horizontal blade M, having its edge presented toward the incoming slugs.

'In practice, it 15 found that the slugs striking against the blade are arrested thereby without ap reciable tendency to rebound, the slug belng slightly indented, but to an extent which is not objectionable. The essence of the inventionin this regard consists in employing a stop-device, having a pointed or shar edge to encounter and arrest the slu he galley proper is provided with a yie ding arm N to support the assembled slugs at the left. This arm is provided with a s ring-clip n engaging over t e ends of the gal ey with sufficient strength to hold it in osition, but admit of its being crowded backward as the slugs accumulate.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1. In a line-casting machine, the combination of an ejector-blade, an inclined surface 95 upon which the lower end of the slug'is delivered by the ejector, and a stationary stop in position to encounter the u per end of the slug after the latter is fully a vanced by the ejector; whereby the tilting of the slu that it may ride upon its base is effected y the action of the inclined surface and without movement of the stop.

2. In a galley for a line-casting machine, the combination of the galley proper and the slug-guiding bracket having a closed bottom extended u ward and rearward in position to receive t he lower rear corner of the slu when delivered thereto by the ejector, an

having also the upright slotted portion open at the rear to receive the slug,

with a rigid stop at the front to guide the u er end of the slug as it descends the incline urface.

3. A receiving galley for a line-casting machine having a stationary inclined bottom to receive and guide the lower end of a slug, and a stationary sto to arrest the upper end of a slug; whereby tfie inclined bottom is enabled to effect the tilting movement of the slug.

4. In a receiving galley for a line-casting machine from which the slugs are delivered in a vertical position, a vertically slotted guide to receive the slugs, said guide having at the front a stop to arrest the up er ends of the slu s, and also having at the ottom an incline sl'ug-su porting surface extended rearward beyon the top guide a distance substantially equal 'to the width of the slug;

whereby the slug is tilted and caused to advance endwise in an inclined position through the action of the inclined body.

In a slug-receiving galley, means for directing the slugs endwise into the galley, and

a pointed stop to encounter the end of the slugs and prevent their rebound.

6. In a galley for a slug-casting machine, the combination of a galley roper, the slotted bracket H havi inchne and vertical portions ada ted to wise into the ga ey, and the stop-bla e M.

7. The galley G having an upward inclination upward toward the rear, and also an inclination downward toward the left, in combratory pusher L successive slugs laterally from the -rect the, slu s endi bination with the bracket arranged to direct the slugs endwi'se into the galley, and a viarranged to advance the y; whereby each slug is moved out of the of the succeeding slug and maintained in position.

In testimon hand this nintll day of January, 1908, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

I DAVID s. KENNEDY. Witnesses: I

JOHN R. ROGERS, ROBERT G. CLARK.

path 20 whereof I hereunto set my 

